This is the first step to making law abiding victims of criminals. Because people get all kinds prescription and illegal
drugs and illegal drugs everyday. Yet they are not suppose to

10:37 am April 4, 2013

Anonymous wrote:

When are the democrats going to push for gangs, murders to be required to have a background check?

10:46 am April 4, 2013

bossmanham wrote:

The only reason these checks get such high support is because people don't know what it entails. They don't know that simply lending your gun to someone or something would become a crime with a 5 yr sentence. They don't know that they're unenforceable unless there's a registry that keeps track of whether YOU had a background check on the specific gun you happen to be carrying. They can't know otherwise.

10:58 am April 4, 2013

Anonymous wrote:

These polls must be bogus & more lies from the news to help pass gun control. Listen to the real people. & they will tell you. They just can't leave the constitution alone. It's there for exactly this reason. We need government control, not gun control. Give it up Obummer, criminals don't listen to laws, this would be no different.

10:59 am April 4, 2013

publicservant wrote:

I would seriously like to know exactly every detail of what that background check looks at, and decides who can and who won't be allowed to purchase a weapon for hunting, sport shooting contests, and self defense.

11:14 am April 4, 2013

Jhon Doe wrote:

That is an in accurate poll. There is more against. News lies. You only take polls from the east side of the states.

12:22 pm April 4, 2013

guest wrote:

how can any of these polls be used to support gun control in any way shape or form? This poll sampled 1711 people, out of over 314 million people in this country. They claim that 90% of americans support stricter gun control laws. how can they claim that when these polls are asking 0.0000055% of the population? And 40% of people purchase guns without a background check, another statistic that is being used to promote gun control laws. Well now we find out where this statistic comes from and it comes from a study that was done 20 years ago!! We have states and cities passing laws stating that they will not abide by any new federal gun control regulations, yet these idiotic politicians continue to tell outright LIES about guns to promote their own agenda. These gun control activists are the ones who are misguided. one thing I never hear from any of these activists is exactly how any of new gun control laws will actually help prevent future killings. If we ban one thing, people who want to kill are going to find other ways. Criminals don't care if they break the law, what part of that do these gun rights activists not understand?

1:06 pm April 4, 2013

JD wrote:

So, if you've never hunted before, but are thinking about trying it once, can you go with friends who hunt and use one of their guns?

I helped a friend move recently. We put some stuff in a trailer, but also some went in cars. He has hunting rifles, and I carried them in my trunk. I'm not a gun owner. Will that be a crime now?

2:56 pm April 4, 2013

DJ wrote:

“American voters agree with the National Rifle Association, however, that these background checks could lead someday to confiscation of legally-owned guns.”

Americans have good reason to NOT trust their politicians. Obamacare is a case in point. We were told it would decrease health insurance policy costs by $2500 per family, when in reality the costs have increased substantially per annum, and the legislation hasn't even been fully implemented yet because the thousands of regulations haven't been finished yet. No major government program has been implemented and come in under budget as was promised by the legislators.

So when politicians assure us that implementation of comprehensive background checks will never lead to eventual registration and confiscation of citizens legally acquired guns, Americans have a right to be very skeptical.

3:42 pm April 7, 2013

Hoov wrote:

you wonder why these people who use such a small population and as we say in accounting . lets cook the books. 1,711 out of 300+ million is a complete joke. Ths is not america view and were they equal gun owner v. non gun owners? equal male ve female. What age groups. What part of the country ? City v. rual. etc. This is what happen from jerk neww group to say oh the poll says this % but never give the facts and does a complete ino-service to the American public. Whats even worse is the Wall Street Journal support this BS. Why I stop taking the paper years ago when they went for advertising rather then the real story. Good day and I vote NO in this insult of this poll...

3:10 pm April 17, 2013

A CT Gun owner, for now wrote:

“In every Quinnipiac University poll since the Newtown massacre, nationally and in six states, we find overwhelming support, including among gun owners, for universal background checks,”

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